In 2002, after an altercation between Muslim vendors and Hindu travelers at a railway station in the Indian state of Gujarat, fifty-nine Hindu pilgrims were burned to death. The ruling nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party blamed Gujarat's entire Muslim minority for the tragedy and…
"In 2013, the Central African Republic was engulfed by violence. In the face of the rapid spread of the conflict, journalists, politicians, and academics alike have struggled to account for its origins. In this first comprehensive account of the country's recent upheaval, Louisa…
Introduction. - 1. Conflict and the State in the Peace-Kept World. - 2. The Nativeness of 'Foreign' Violence. - 3. Mobility as Power. - 4. Long and Short Histories of Rebellion. - 5. DDR and the Frustration of Desires for Entitlement. - 6. War as the Violence of the Pack. - 7. W…
An in-depth and revealing account of the violence that has swept the Central African Republic.
"In 2013, the Central African Republic was engulfed by violence. In the face of the rapid spread of the conflict, journalists, politicians, and academics alike have struggled to account for its origins. In this first comprehensive account of the country's recent upheaval, Louisa…
Market expansion, state centralization, and Neo-Confucianism in Qing China -- Documenting the three waves of Mid-Qing protest -- Filial-loyal demonstrations, 1740-1759 -- Riots into rebellion, 1776-1795 -- Resistance and petitions, 1820-1839 -- Mid-Qing protests in comparative p…
The origin of political modernity has long been tied to the Western history of protest and revolution, the currents of which many believe sparked popular dissent worldwide. Reviewing nearly one thousand instances of protest in China from the eighteenth to the early-nineteenth ce…
Riots and After in Mumbai provides a synoptic record of events in Mumbai, focusing essentially on the history of riots in the city. Using this framework, it attempts to understand the sociopolitical and cultural realities of present-day Mumbai through a collection of narratives …
Townsmen, peasants and the reformed society in Ottoman Bosnia -- Upholding stability in the Bosnian Vilayet in turbulent political times -- Crisis at Ottoman-Montenegrin borders escalates (1874/75) -- Efforts for pacification and refugee return - and its obstruction in early 187…
